օրիորդ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian օրիորդ (ōriord).

Pronunciation

Noun

օրիորդ • (ōriord)

  1. girl; unmarried woman; maid, maiden; damsel
  2. (formal, way of address) young lady, miss
  3. (Western Armenian) A female teacher

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • աւրիորդ (awriord) (the original spelling)
  • որիորդ (oriord), ուրւորդ (urword), օրւորդ (ōrword)

Etymology

The original spelling is աւրիորդ (awriord), of disputed origin. Perhaps composed of *աւրի- (*awri-, lord; lordly), from Urartian 𒂊𒌑𒊑𒂊 (e-ú-ri-e /⁠euri⁠/, lord) or from Iranian *ahur-i- (compare Avestan 𐬁𐬵𐬏𐬌𐬭𐬌 (āhūiri, with regard to Ahura Mazda, stemming from Ahura Mazda)) and *որդ- (*ord-, offspring, son/daughter); see որդի (ordi).

Noun

օրիորդ • (ōriord)

  1. girl, maid, virgin, maiden, damsel
    օրիորդ շքադիրōriord škʻadirmaid of honour
  2. young lady
    օրիորդն Մարիանէōriordn Marianēmiss Marian
    օրիորդ ազնուականōriord aznuakangentle-woman

Declension

Derived terms

  • օրիորդութիւն (ōriordutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: օրիորդ (ōriord) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օրիորդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “օրիորդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “օրիորդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “awriord”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 157
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